Dogwood Acres, 03/07/11

DOGWOOD ACRES, 03/07/11, ELANE CRUM
Hello friends. Rose bushes, children’s wading pools and winter clearance racks…these things on a local sidewalk display give me a warm fuzzy feeling. You know, that feeling that spring is almost here.

Justin and Kasie went on their first Swan Creek float this weekend. I cannot imagine there was enough sunlight reflecting off the water to give anyone a warm fuzzy feeling.

Rick and I went to the Taneyville Tournament several nights last week. Our granddaughter, Erin, played hard, although she was not feeling good. The final championship game on Friday night was rained out when the gym roof sprang a leak. It was raining awfully hard, but who would expect a basketball game to be rained out?

Rick and Roger had another birthday on March 3. I started to say they celebrated another birthday but Roger does not get that excited about them. Rick always calls to make sure he does not forget. I gave Rick the new Glen Beck book and a photo album for his Vietnam pictures which we had rescued from old magnetic albums.

Removing those old pictures was no small task. Only a few peeled out easily and I froze the rest of them out. After looking on the internet and trying several suggested techniques, the freezer worked best. I stuck a few pages at a time in the freezer, then using a spatula was able to separate the pictures from the old glue. It was a tedious, but rewarding project.

Sue Jenkins will be addressing the County Commission on March 14 @ 10 a.m. and asked me to invite interested voters to attend. This is of particular concern to voters in the Mark Twain & Bryant Ridge areas whose polling places have been changed for the April elections. Another issue is that married people living in the same household are directed to separate polling places.
Don’t forget to Spring Forward Saturday night and get your clocks all set for Daylight Savings Time…another one of those warm fuzzy feeling spring things. Bye for now.